New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-13
PLEADING FOR REVERENCE.
DIR. cRosBrs pAccALAUREATE SERMON.

PLAIN WORDS TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF LIE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FALSE PHILOSOPHY
The members OF the graduating class In the University
Of the City of Fcw-York assembled in the University
plaza Church last evening to listen TO ana
roa nv tho baccaaureate sermon which was preached
Inv the Rev Dr. Howard Crosby, e1-ChaDcellor OF the
ITn,versity yiceChancellor Henry NJ MacCracken ana
the Rev. Dr. George Alexander the pastor OF the church
ant I'm the pulpit front OF which the class was seated
The body OF the house and the galleries were well filled
nv the parents and many friends Of the graduates Inc
sermon was an earnest kindly warning against the many
stumbling-blocks thst young men are opnged
to encounter, and 1t was listened TO with
cose attention, only by the young men, Dut also Dy
the whole audience
DR. crosby took for his text the words "And he said
Draw not nigh hhcr put off thy shoes from OF thy Feet
for the place thou standest Is holy ground.
Exodus Ill., g. After sho virg that men in this world
ara subect to law whether they wish it or not, the
said that the demands of the conscience are as
adherence between good and bad, right and wrong may
as we'll deny the difference between the odor OF rose
and that of a polecat "God has made distinctions, ne
said land il Is in vain for In the name of science 70
reduce them unity" The rest OF the sermon was III
In our text we have incident illustrates what
have .a near Il
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hearers in an age when would class love and
snS y n sRs shsS are taught regard
animated carbon and % ana before tho
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and cs; S SS on as a. % an WISH
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Holy s0S9s o our ara S S 10 be TO mss
Every ocsr state employer every vnera9e man
end sssss. z. 'Ss s
fan'S would make light not liberty but
license When VIE come 10 se clear The prominent vice Of
social lie in The want Of saolostion Of children TO
clerk upstairs and bring down parcel ior nm
have known mother put away in garret closet IKE
chest leave room Tor tho young people
l" a . holy ground in our life found in holy places and
The pace where we haotnay est TO Tr
respectful conduct when We enter Ihe pGo'9pns
ha teaches on , ns hall t. attend divine servcs with
hands to ,esats our Psess Er bso
NOT au . A. funeral or irine when the pesence abroad
is advanced IN SIN. not In knowledge 49, III, ,,.o,. .,
Aga9 holy gTops md u p.n even IN the name Of phoso
ply scou,ng these soemn Sao1sns a. ns u npr men in
our P nv moborng 10 death ali the Instincts
toward The eternal which God mas mplanls IN
soul The mind eager 70 throw oil 81 N.Y.
scientists bounds Of their science and be-
r nv peril o. society and the state The uton Of rev
erence into which these learned iools teac
naraeicd by The resolution decency into haOt ann he
same philosophy which wond teach ron 10 desplse your IN
pulse. of would tsach despise yonr
philosophy only OF atheism nut OF MIN
and as Thing you will Ind il votares are morally
corrup in iced who long for sensual Indulgence ~
~ This philosophy for protection and slencing ther oon
sciense i,y a system give way To vantouness -,
NJ nasrcr. 1 nave giNe you u application OF the
wori, of the My desire Ia 10 awaken Ia your minds
strong conviction that II is neither
nor safe 10 NEEDLE instructive perceptions OF INC
and teaching 81 toh cannot
be removed soul except by violence mat prove
folly and that conversely, n u our hutS our SUI
onr safety 10 give tho wonders OF God hei'ehn
and 10 tuproah manifestations with TeVercDta ave Be
fore Ills before his rprcsents ions ana neoe us
holy yor hear the voice Put on my soe. ron on
Thy feet place wherein thon randests hoy souhu